Effectiveness of a Lifestyle Improvement Support App in Combination with a Wearable Device in Japanese People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: STEP-DM Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although the use of application (app)s and wearable devices supporting diabetes treatment has spread rapidly in recent years, evidence of their impact, especially in combination of them, is limited. TOMOCO™ is a lifestyle improvement support app that features interactive virtual conversations according to the programmed algorithm guiding users toward their goals of lifestyle improvement. We hypothesized that TOMOCO™ in combination with Fitbit, which accurately tracks users' activity level, would encourage people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) to change their lifestyles and improve their glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels without changes in conventional therapy. Thus, we performed the present study to explore the effectiveness of this combination in Japanese parti

SUBMITTER: Takahashi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11043275 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature